Re:WhatsApp co-founder accuses Facebook of trading privacy f...
by eitland on Sunday March 17, 2019 @03:08PM
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> Not inherently decentralized, no. But it’s “inherently” E2E-encrypted, in the sense that that’s why people (or, a large segment of people) use the app. If it doesn’t do that, people will stop using it.
People used and loved WhatsApp long before it was e2e encrypted. I know, I was one of them.
In fact, IIRC was pretty bad before they implememted the new e2e encryption.
I used to think people chose them because they promised no ads and no tracking.
I now think most people used it because it was a user friendly messaging solution.
Maybe “inherently” is the wrong word. Is “Diet Coke” inherently a diet drink? That’s the idea I’m trying to get at here: that people wouldn’t buy a “Diet Coke” that isn’t made with a sugar substitute, because then it wouldn’t be “Diet” any more, and that’s why people were drinking it in the first place.